To stop the spread of Covid-19 cases, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to impose a 14-day complete lockdown in the state. The lockdown will start on May 10 and will last until May 24.
The government announced the lockdown in Tamil Nadu, claiming that the decision was made due to “unavoidable circumstances” in the state due to an increase in Covid-19 cases.
According to the Union health ministry’s dashboard, India recorded the highest single-day spike in its daily tally of coronavirus disease cases with 414,188 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 21,491,598. On Friday, 3,915 people died from the disease, bringing the total number of people who have died to 234,083, with 17,612,351 people having been discharged so far. The number of active cases has risen to 3,645,164, accounting for 16.96 percent of all cases in the country.
Under the deadlier second wave of the Covid-19 disease pandemic, India is currently experiencing a tsunami of cases and deaths. Ten states, including Karnataka, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Delhi, reported 71.81 percent of the new cases seen on Friday, according to the Union health ministry.
Karnataka, which is the second worst hit state from the pandemic has recorded over 1.8 million cases so far. On Friday, Karnataka saw the highest single-day jump in daily deaths at 592 while 48,791 more people were found out to be positive for Covid-19. The state will be placed under a complete lockdown from from 6 am on May 10 to 6 am on May 24 to curb the spread of the disease, chief minister BS Yediyurappa announced on Friday.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra saw a drop in its daily tally on Friday, with 54,022 new cases reported, bringing the total number of cases to 4,996,758, with 74,413 deaths and 4,265,326 recoveries. Maharashtra, along with Delhi, Uttarakhand, and other states, is showing early signs of plateauing or decreasing daily infections, according to the Centre.
According to worldometers.info, the global Covid-19 disease caseload has risen to 157,525,414 people, with 3,283,196 people dying and 134,779,045 recovering. With 33,418,399 cases and 594,907 deaths, the United States remains the pandemic’s worst-affected country.
